The contact owns a 2007 Kia Rio. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was determined that the occupant classification system (OCS) seat sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but confirmed that there was no recall associated with the VIN. The contact related the failure to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 12V244000 (Air Bags) however, the VIN was not included in the recall. The failure mileage was approximately 260,000.
2007 Kia Rio: airbag warning light
9 of the 46 complaints about the 2007 Kia Rio describe airbag warning light.
- owner complaints
- 9
- of this car's complaints
- 20%
- typical mileage
- 61,230
- recalls
- 1
Is there a fix? There is 1 recall for this area of the car. See below
Airbag warning light by model year
What owners say
2007 kia rio has an airbag light on all the time, with a code specifying the passenger seat mat sensor. When clearing the code for the airbag, the code is rethrown after about 10 seconds. The federal safety agency recall #12v244000 applied to certain models of the 2005-2007 model era, but didn't include all of them, as the vehicle has no open seat mat recall and none had been repaired in the past. Evidently the issue is more widespread than the initial recall. The light stays on all the time.
I just recent had the battery put in my car. An now the air bag light stays on for the driver on that dash board. An don't know why it's on. The car has been driven in the past few months. So we are scared to be out on the road an it doesn't protect us if we get into an accident an someone gets killed.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 kia rio. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 35 MPH, the airbag warning light illuminated indicating that the airbag was not activated. The failure recurred on multiple occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the coupling was loose. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 34,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 kia rio. The contact stated that the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the passenger front occupant sensor mat had failed. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number 12v244000 (air bags). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 23,400. Updated 7/8/14*cn updated 07/14/2014
Just after the warranty expired at 61, 230 miles we had to replace the front passenger side seat cushion because the air bag light came on and kia would not cover it under their recall. Kia's safety recall campaign number is sc097.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 kia rio. The contact stated that the air bag warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. She received a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign id number: 12v244000 (air bags:frontal:sensor/control module). The vehicle was taken to a dealer to be repaired; however, the failure recurred. The dealer stated she had to pay for a diagnostic test in order to see why the light remained illuminated on the instrument panel. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 70,000.
The dashboard airbag light came on approximately 1 year ago, and when I contacted the kia dealership where I purchased the vehicle they advised me that they would have to charge me to search for the cause of the problem...I heard of a recall on the kia rio airbags on the federal safety agency and I called kia to ask to bring my vehicle in so the problem could be fixed and the service department told me that they are unaware of any such problems with that vehicle and would not allow me to bring the vehicle in unless I paid to have it looked at!!!
Air bag light does not go out all the time when a passenger is in the passerger seat.
Related recalls
Air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive
- What is wrong
- Kia is recalling certain model year 2006-2008 rio vehicles, manufactured from february 20, 2005, through december 9, 2007. The front passenger seat occupant sensor mat can experience fatigue cracking. If sufficient cracking occurs, the occupant classification system (ocs) will cease to function such that the system will not be able to detect whether a child passenger is in the seat and the airbag will deploy during a crash necessitating deployment.
- Risk
- Air bag deployment with a child in the front passenger side seat increases the risk of injury to that child.
- Remedy
- Kia will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ocs seat sensor mat, free of charge. The recall began on july 26, 2012. Owners may contact kia consumer assistance center at 1‑800‑333‑4542.
Recall number 12V244000 · Recall details
Questions about the 2007 Kia Rio airbag light
Is airbag warning light a common problem on the 2007 Kia Rio?
9 of 46 owner complaints about the 2007 Kia Rio (20%) mention airbag warning light. The model year with the most reports is 2006.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2007 Kia Rio?
There is 1 recall and 0 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
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